Lamp or headlight for vehicles.



N0. 805,194. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

E. G. GEISSBBRGER. LAMP 0R HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13.1905.

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WITNESSES: IVE/V705 .Z'WLL'Z 6. i llyseryez" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL G. GEISSBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. T. DEMAREST & 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed July 13,1905. Serial No. 269,481.

T ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL C. GnIssBnRenR, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lamp or Headlight for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lamps or headlights for vehicles; and it consists substantially in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to lamps or headlights for motor-vehicles, as automobiles and the like, and one of the principal objects thereof is to provide means whereby the light-rays emanating from the flame of the wick or burner of the lamp or headlight may be caused to be projected in the direction of travel of the machine, whether in a straight course or in the turning of corners or rounding of curves, thereby lessening the danger of accidents and liability to collisions.

The above and additional objects are at tained by means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a motorvehicle having my improvements embodied in connection therewith, parts of the vehicle being broken out to more clearly indicate the construction and organization of other parts. Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of parts of the running-gear and steering-gear of the vehicle and indicating more clearly the construction and operation of the devices constituting my improvements; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, in sectional detail, hereinafter more particularly described.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I employ a lamp or headlight for the vehicle of ordinary form, special means being employed for rotatably mounting the same in convenient position upon a suitable part of the vehicle, other special means being also employed for connecting the lamp or headlight with another and independently-movable part of the vehicle, whereby whenever the vehicle is turned in one direction or the other the lamp or headlight is caused to be turned in correspondence therewith. The construction or organization of the usual parts of thevehicle does not require to be altered or changed in any way, since my improvements are practically in the nature of an attachment adapted for use in connection with almost any of the types of motor-vehicles now in use.

While I have herein represented my improvements in a certain preferred embodiment, it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto in precise detail, since immaterial changes therein may be resorted to coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being had to the drawings by the designating characters thereon, 1 represents in entirety a motor-vehicle, such as an automobile of any known type thereof at present in use. The forward axle of the vehicle is indicated at 2, each end of which is constructed substantially in the form of a yoke 3, (see Fig. 3,) the members 3 and 3 of which are rotatably mounted on a pin or bolt 4, and between which members is held a block 5, having an opening 6 extending vertically therethrough for the said pin or bolt, and rigid with which block is the usual stub axle or journal 7, on which is rotatabl y mounted one of the forward wheels 8 of the machine.

Extending forwardly of the vehicle, on either side thereof, is a projecting member 9, having connection with and overlying one of the forward springs 10 of the vehicle, and secured in proper position to the outer side of said member 9 by means of pins or bolts 11 or in any other suitable way is a bearing-plate 12, in which is rotatably mounted the vertical member 13 of a crank-arm 14, the substantially right-angled member 15 of which is movably connected at 16 with one end of a link 17, the other end of which is pivotally connected at 18 with the free end of an arm 19, shown in the present instance preferably by a screwpin 20, provided with a butterfly or other form of nut 21 for enabling this pin to be readily removed whenever desired, it being understood, however, that the pivot for connecting together the corresponding ends of the link 17 and arm 19 may be a permanent one, if desired. The other end of the arm 19 has an enlargement 22, having an opening therein, through which is received an upwardly-extending projection 23 of the hereinbefore-mentioned rotatable block 5 adjacent thereto, a rigid connection between the said arm and said projection being established in any suitable way, as by means of a feather 24 on the projection enteringa corresponding groove therefor leading from the said opening in the said enlargement of the said arm. (SeeFig. 3.) Each of the said rotatable blocks 5 is provided rigidly with a rearwardly-extending member 25 (or this member may be forwardly-extending, if desired) of usual construction, the two said members being included in the steering devices for the vehicle, as is well understood, and being connected together transversely of the vehicle in any suitable way, as by means of a rod 26. Having connection with the free end of one of the said members 25 is a transversely-movable rod 27, also of ordinary construction, having operating devices therefor of usual construction and which are actuated or controlled from the usual rotatable steering-rod 28, provided with the usual hand-operated wheel 29.

In the carrying out of my invention I may employ any suitable form of lamp or headlight 30 on either side of the vehicle. At the front and at opposite sides of said lamp or headlight I may provide laterally-extending lugs 31, having vertical openings there through for receiving the parallel members 32 of a substantially U-- shaped support rigid or integral with the hercinbeforeanentioned vertical member 13 of the crank-arm 14k, set-screws or other devices 34 being employed for securing the lamp or headlight in the desired position upon said support. It will thus be seen that whenever the vehicle is being propelled in the ordinary way over a straight course each lamp or headlight will be maintained in such position that the lightrays emanating from the flame of the wick or burner therein will be projected directly ahead of the vehicle, and also that whenever the vehicle is turned in either direction each lamp or headlight will be operated to turn in exact correspondence therewith, and thus will the advantages of my improvements be at once apparent.

It will be understood that my improvements are applicable to automobiles and the like irrespective of the particular character of the steering devices employed therefor and also irrespective of the particular manner in which the wheels of the vehicle are mounted to be turned from said steering devices. It will further be understood that the lamp or headlight itself may be of any preferred form now in use and that the particular construction and organization of the operative connections from the same to an independentlymovable part of the machine may be considerably varied from such as have herein been preferably shown as illustrative of the improvements.

The purpose of employing the screw-pin as a connection between the corresponding ends of the link 17 and arm 19 is to enable such connection to be broken at any time desired by simply removing the screw-pin, so that the lamp or headlight may remain in one position all the time or not be aflected by the turnings of the wheel during the use of the latter in the day-time.for instance, when there is no occasion for the use of the lamp or headlight. In this way the lamp or headlight or its connections will not be subjected to excessive jarring or jolting. It will of course be understood that the lamp or headlight may be entirely removed from its support during the day-time and stored away in any convenient place therefor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an automobile or similar vehicle, embodying a rotatable block and stub-axle for each of the forward propelling-wheels thereof, a crank-arm rotatably mounted upon a suitable part of the vehicle, a lamp or headlight supported thereby, an arm having rigid connection with said rotatable block, and a link movably connecting said arm and said crank-arm.

2. In an automobile or similar vehicle embodying a rotatable block and stub-axle for each of the forward propelling-wheels thereof, a crank-arm rotatably mounted upon a suitable part of the vehicle, a lamp or headlight supported thereby, an arm having rigid connection with said rotatable block, a link movably connected at one end to the end of said crank-arm, and a removable screw-bolt movably connecting the other end of the said link with said arm, said screw-bolt having a butterfly-nut.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL C. GEISSBERGER.

IVitnesses:

E. EVERETT ELLIs, JNO. M. BITTER. 

